Garment-templet.



D. ZECH,

GARMENT TEMPLET.

APPLICATION FILED ocT. II. I9I6.

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`DOBOTHY ZECH, 01? LAWRENCEBURG, INDIANA.

GARMENT-TEMPLET.

TaaZZ whom it may concem 7 Be it known that l, Donornr ZECH," residingat Lawrenceburg, in the countyof Dearborn and Stat-e of lndiana, haveinvented a new and useful Garment-Templet,

of which the following is a specification.

My invention has reference to improvevments in that class of patterncharts or templet-like forms especially designed for use'in the makingot womens waists and it primarilyhas for its purpose to provide a deviceof the character described that is particularly adapted for outliningpatterns for plain waists, which is composed of two parts, oneconstituting 'a front section and the other a back section, and in whichthe several adjustable members constituted in each section are soarranged that they may be readily manipulated by any one, whetherskilled in the-art et dressmaking or not.- j

With other objects in view that will hereinafter appear, my Vinventionconsists, generally, of an improved design of sectional garment templetwhose members are relatively adjustable and in such manner that they maybe quickly and accurately set to edge may be obtained `for designatingthe pattern on the goods, `trom which `the garment is to be made.

My invention further consists in the details of construction hereinafterexplained,

specically pointed out in the appended claims and illustrated in thedrawing, in which:

Figure l is a plan view of my improved templet or adjustable pattern forthe front part of the waist.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of a front pattern cut on the lines of the saidtemplet. j

Fig. 3 is a similar view of the templet or pattern section for formingthe back part of the waist, and i Fig. 4 is a plan view of a backpattern cut on the lines or the templet shown in Fig. 8.

The templet asA shown in Fig. 1 isprovided for producing the pattern forVthe accompanying `waist front, it being apparent `:tromy theSpecicatonof Letters Patent. Patented 26, 191g. Application inea october17, 191e. serial no. 126,103.

the. center Jfront section and the other 2, the under arm front section,the latter having the usual concaved arm socket or curved rear upperedge 20, while the front upper edge oi! the member 1 has the usual neckcurve 10.

may be vpatterned by my templet, and one of the said sections 1-2,preferably that section lwhich is overlapped by the other, has characterscales a so that the adjustment of one section, relatively to the other,will uncover the different indicating sizeson the scales, as the twosections are adjusted to the required extensionlimits.

ln the drawing, I have illustrated the templet section as havingrelatively such adjustment whereby the templet may be set fordelineating a 84 pattern when closed and a 50 pattern when extended tothe limit.

designates a supplemental section, which l term, the under arm frontadjuster and it has an adjusting slot 21 for coperating with a like slot23 in the member 2 which overlaps it and whose rear edge 2a is utilizedfor alining the upper and lower character scales 6 6 on the said underarm front adjuster 22,

15 designates what l term the center front adjuster, which cooperateswith the front edge of the center front 1 and the said adjuster 15 andthe front member 1 have coacting adjusting slots 16-16 and 11- 11, theadjuster 15 being also provided with upper andjlower character scales17-17 located adjacent the slots lil-16.

At a suitable distance from the lower end, the said front member 1 iscut out to produce a horizontal body of a length equal the extensionadjustment of the overlapping members `1 and 2, plus the extra spaceallowed :torseams, which throughout the front and back templet structureneed not exceed of an'inch.

From the inner end of the said bottom edge 8, member 1 is cut to form adart curve edge 9, the cut of which varies according to the size of thepattern desired and which is determined by the graduating scale 18 andfor coacting with ythe said dart curve, the adjacent lower edge of thecentral section 2 is likewise cut to form a dart edge 25,

the curvature of whichl is also determined by the scale 18.

The several adjustable sections are held together and secured to thedifferent adjustments by stud 'washers and thumbf nuts A j uster 60.

Adjacent its opposite vertical edges, the central back portion 55 hasupper and lower sets of substantially horizontally disposed adjusting`slots 62-62 and the center back adjuster 58 has similar slots 63--63 foralining with the slots 62, it also having,` adjacent its slots,character scales (M -(Si, as shown.

The` under arm adjuster 59 has slots V65---65 for coacting with theslots Gl--l in the back portion 55 and the inner edge 66 of the adjusterl59 overlaps the upper and lower scales (S7-67.

The under arm adjuster 59 also has a suppleniental adjusting slot G8,near its lower end, to provide for the required attachmentl andadjustment of the supplemental under arm adjuster 60, the latter beingprovided for determining the proper under arm fitting in making thelarger sizes of waists, the upper edge of the adjuster being out on therequired curvature to insure the proper under arm pattern lines.V

One-third of an inch is deemed su'l'iicient for the dart seams.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the drawings, itwill be readily apparent that While my templet will be found especiallyuseful for diessinakers` the construction thereof is so simple and themanner of its use is so plain that the saine may be readily einplyed byothers not specially skilled in the art of dressmaking.

TheV templet shown, when closed, serves tol form a pattern for a Si bustmeasure. To adjust it for'larger sizes, it is only necessary to take thebust measurement and assuming the same to be 38, it is only necessary toshift the several partsuof the front and back templet sections along theseveral scnles to the 38 designating characters to produce the requiredsize of pattern, see for example Figs 2 and 4f.

l ani aware that templet's or adjustable pattern charts have heretoforebeen pro- Y vided for producing patterns for different waist siz'e's,`and in which are included adjustable members, lout, so far as I know,they 1 ,ecos-io havebeen more or less complicated and more generally'adapt'e`cl`=for'being used by dressmakers or vothers skilled in themaking of garments.

In my construction, the adjustment of the templet sections, both for thefront and back forms, are uniform throughout, z'. c., thedifferentmemliers are Veach adjusted laterally with respect to 4eachother and a careful-or Aspecial manipulation thereof is not requiredfurther than to `loosen up the Set screws and shift the several sectionsuntil the required sizes on Jthe several scales are exposed and thentighten up the set screws.

There are no irregular lines and those that occurV `fall at the bottomand not at the shoulderor neck lines, .which under all adj ustmentsremain true.

Aftergetting the proper pattern adjustments, thetemplets are placedlengthwise on the material and are then outlined with a tracer orpencil.

What I claim is: j Y

1. A tem-piet for forming the front of a shirt waist, comprising a maincenter front section having a neck line and a straight shoulder line atthe upper end, a supplemental center front section that coperates withthe straight .edge ofthe main center front section, a main under armsection, the inner edge ofwhichis adapted for overlapping the adjacentedge of the main central front section and having an outer edge adaptedfor being. brought. into parallelism with the outer edges of the mainand the supplemental center front sections, a supplemental straight edgeunder arin adjuster adapted for cooperating with the louter straightedge of the under arm section, said main andV supplemental center frontsections and the under arm section and under arm adjuster havingadjustment relatively laterico ally of each other, and means for holdingj' the several sections in their adjusted positions.`

2. A teinplet for forming the front of a shirt waist, comprising a maincenter front section having a neck line and a straight shoulder line atthe upper end, a supple- Vmental center front section that coperates jadjuster having adjustment relatively-laterally of each other, and meansfor holding guide for a marker, said body includinga vertically extendedmain center body section and a supplemental center body section forcooperating with the outer edge of the main center body section, theupper and lower ends of the lapped portion of the main and thesupplemental center body sections' having substantially horizontallylocated alined elongated slots, connecting elements fitting the slotsand Lcorresponding character scales on the said body for eiiecting theadjustment of the center front sections, an

under arm section for cooperating with the inner edge of the main centerbody section, the meeting portions of the under arm section and thecenter body portion having substantially horizontally positioned alinedslots and corresponding character scales on j the body and connectingelements tting the said slots for effecting the adjustment of the saidunder arm section, an under arm adjuster that cooperates with the outeredge of the under arm section, the said under arm section and theadjuster having alined horizontally extended slots, a correspondingcharacter scale on the adjuster and connections for engaging the slotsto hold the adjusterv in its shifted positions.

et. A templet for forming the front of a shirt waist, comprising a body,the entire outline of which is adapted to constitute a guide for amarker, said body including a vertically extended main center bodysection and a supplemental center body section for cooperating with theouter edge of the main center body section, the upper and lower ends ofthe lapped portion ot the main and the supplemental center body sectionshaving substantially horizontally located alined elongated slots,connecting elements fitting the slots and corresponding character scaleson the said body for e'ecting the adjustment of the center frontsections, an under arm section for cooperating with the inner edge ofthe main center body section, the meeting portions of the under armsection and the center body portion having substantially horizontallypositioned alined slots and corresponding character scales on the bodyand connecting elements tting the said slots for eiecting the adjustment of the said under arm section, an under arm adjuster thatcooperates with the outer edgeot the under arm section, the said underarm section and the adjuster having alining horizontally. extendedslots, a corresponding character scale on the adjuster and connectionsor engaging the slots to hold the adj uster in its shifted positions,the lower portion of the inner edge of thecenter body sectionterminating in an inwardly extended horizontal shoulder that merges witha curved dart edge, the opposing edge of the under arm section having asimilar dart edge and a character scale on the center body sectionlocated at the beginning of the dart curved edge thereof.

A templet for forming the back of a shirt-waist comprising a center backsection, a supplemental back section that cooperates with one edge ofthe center back section, a main under-arm back section adapted to lapthe other edge of the center back section, a supplemental under-arm backsection for cooperating with the outer edge of the main under-arm backsection, and means connecting the several sections whereby they may bereadily extended or drawn in relatively to each other and for securingthem to their adjusted positions.

6. A templet for Vforming the back ot' a shirt waist, comprising acenter back section having straight inner and outer edges, asupplemental back section that cooperates with one edge of the centerback section and laps over the entire lenoth of they said edge, a mainunder arm bac'l section adapted to lap the full length of the other edgeot the center back section, a supplemental under arm back section forcooperating with the outer edge of the main under arm back section, andmeans at the upper and lower ends of the said supplemental back sectionand the main under arm back section and the opposite edges ot the mainback section whereby the supplemental back section and the main underarm back section may be extended or drawn in in parallelism with theirrespective edges of the main back section,

DOROTHY ZECH.

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